Adjust white balance in Photos on Mac

If there’s an area in a photo or video that should be white or gray but has a color cast, you can balance the photo’s overall color. Sometimes color casts are caused by lighting conditions—for example, a photo may have a yellow or orange cast from the light fixtures in the location where the photo or video was taken. By changing the white balance, you can remove the color cast and make white areas appear more white.

To apply white balance edits to multiple photos at once, you can copy and paste edits.

A photo before and after a white balance adjustment.

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  1. Go to the Photos app on your Mac.

  2. Double-click a photo or video, then click Edit in the toolbar.

  3. Click Adjust in the toolbar, then click White Balance.

    The White Balance controls in the Adjust pane.
  4. Click the pop-up menu and choose the type of white balance correction you want to make, then click the Eyedropper button and click in one of the following areas of your photo:

    • Neutral Gray: Balances the warmth of an image based on neutral gray.

      With the eyedropper, click in a neutral gray area to automatically adjust the gray areas of your photo or video.

    • Skin Tone: Balances the warmth of an image based on skin tones.

      With the eyedropper, click in an area of a person’s skin to automatically adjust the skin tones of your photo or video.

    • Temperature/Tint: Balances the warmth of an image by adjusting color temperatures (blue to yellow) and tint (green to magenta).

      With the eyedropper, click in a neutral gray area to automatically adjust the temperature and tint of gray areas of your photo or video.

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